Netanyahu calls for early polls in Israel
May 7th, 2012 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, May 7 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for an early general election in four months' time, BBC reported.The vote is expected to take place in ... Read more...
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Police arrest Israeli settlers after razing outpost
November 7th, 2011 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Nov 7 (IANS) Israeli settlers scuffled with police and soldiers on Monday after security forces razed an illegal West Bank outpost.Residents of Or Zion, north of Ramallah, protested the ... Read more...
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Israeli minister criticises Obama administration
November 27th, 2009 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Nov 27 (ANI): Israel's Sports and Culture Minister Limor Livnat has launched an attack on US President Barack Obama a day after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced that the security ... Read more...
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Israeli MP says Livni attending Madonna gig illegal
September 10th, 2009 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Sep. 10 (ANI): Likud politician Danny Danon has filed a complaint with the Knesset Ethics Committee against opposition leader Tzipi Livni for accepting an invitation from Madonna to sit in ... Read more...
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Ex-Mossad head says ‘Netanyahu agreed to Golan pullout’
September 10th, 2009 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Sep.10 (ANI): Former Mossad head Danny Yatom has claimed that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agreed to withdraw Israeli troops from the entire Golan Heights during his first term in exchange for ... Read more...
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Israel sees no reason to sign ‘ineffective’ NPT
May 7th, 2009 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, May 7 (ANI): Israel has said that it has the capability to deter and defend itself against any threat or possible combination of threats.Israel's policy of ambiguity with regard to ... Read more...
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Peres may ask Livni to join Israel national unity government
February 20th, 2009 - 7:09 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Feb.20 (ANI): Israeli President Shimon Peres is expected persuade Kadima leader Tzipi Livni to join a national unity government headed by Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu.
Netanhayu said Israel is facing a ... Read more...
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Israel braces for political instability after poll results
February 13th, 2009 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, Feb 13 (DPA) Israel's two largest parties dug in Friday and insisted they each be allowed to form the next government, after final election results published overnight confirmed they were ... Read more...
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Right-wingers Israelis outnumber Leftists by 2:1
February 12th, 2009 - 4:54 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Feb 12 (ANI): Right-wing Israelis outnumber those on the left by at least two-to-one, according to a poll conducted by the Rafi Smith Institute.Rafi Smith said 20 percent of ... Read more...
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Parties put out coalition feelers after Israeli poll (Roundup)
February 12th, 2009 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, Feb 11 (DPA) The two largest parties to emerge from Israel's inconclusive elections Tuesday were quick to put out coalition feelers Wednesday, meeting with potential partners in a bid to ... Read more...
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Coalition options wide open after Israeli election
February 11th, 2009 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
Three separate exit polls on Israel's three television news channels gave the centrist Kadima party of Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni a sparse, two-seat lead over the hardline Likud of former premier Benjamin ... Read more...
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Parliamentary elections begin in Israel
February 10th, 2009 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Feb 10 (Xinhua) Israelis began voting Tuesday morning to elect their next parliament and premier.About 5.3 million Israelis, out of a total of 7.2 million, are eligible to vote, which began ... Read more...
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It’s Tzipi against Bibi in crucial Israeli elections
February 9th, 2009 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, Feb 9 (DPA) The upcoming Israeli elections are crucial for the Middle East peace process. Yet that process, revived a little more than one year ago after a seven-year freeze, ... Read more...
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